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We describe what we mean by minimal next. 3. Let E be an elliptic curve given by y 2 = x3 +Ax+ B, with A, B ∈ Q. (1) We deﬁne ΔE , the discriminant of E, by ΔE = −16(4A3 + 27B 2 ). For a deﬁnition of the discriminant for more general Weierstrass equations, see for example [Sil86], p. 46. 4) and such that the discriminant of E is an integer. The minimal discriminant of E is the integer ΔE that attains the minimum of the set {|ΔE | : E ∈ S}. In other words, the minimal discriminant is the smallest integral discriminant (in absolute value) of an elliptic curve that is isomorphic to E over Q.

5 for a brief introduction to singularities and nonsingular or smooth curves). If the coeﬃcients a, b, c, . . are in a ﬁeld K, then we say that E is deﬁned over K (and write E/K). g. 2. , those points [X, Y, 0] satisfying Eq. 2). In general, one can ﬁnd a change of coordinates that simpliﬁes Eq. 2. Let E be an elliptic curve, given by Eq. 2, deﬁned over a ﬁeld K of characteristic diﬀerent from 2 or 3. , ψ(O) = [0, 1, 0]. 3). The reference [SiT92], Ch. I. 3, gives an explicit method to ﬁnd the change of variables ψ : E → E.